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Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
